Apr 23, 2024  
OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2019-20 
    
OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2019-20 [Archived Catalog]

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CSD 2110 - Intermediate American Sign Language I


This is the third in a sequence of four American Sign Language (ASL) courses. Intermediate level ASL classes provide students opportunity to develop more complex expressive and receptive conversational skills. While skill development in finger spelling, numbers, and identifying facial expressions is continued, emphasis is placed on expressive ASL through the use of less common classifiers and ASL idioms in ASL storytelling. Topics revolve around sharing information about the environment and everyday communication. Grammar is targeted in context with an emphasis on further development of discourse skills. Students learn conversational strategies to maintain more complex ASL conversations. Continued study of Deaf community, Deaf education, and more complex ASL literature.

Requisites: C- or better in CSD 1120 or 3860 or DSI 1120 and WARNING: No credit for this course if taken after the following: DSI 2120 and WARNING: No credit for both this course and the following (always deduct credit for first course taken): DSI 2110 or CSD 3870
Credit Hours: 3
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture
Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Learning Outcomes:
  • Students will be able to comprehend and produce finger spelled words and phrases of varied lengths at a fast speed.
  • Students will be able to correctly identify non-manual markers (face expressions) for grammatical usage and spatial referencing.
  • Students will be able to demonstrate knowledge of Deaf history, culture, and the range of communications systems used by the American Deaf population.
  • Students will be able to demonstrate advanced role shifting skills including role shiftings correct use in an ASL conversation.
  • Students will be able to describe Audism and its influence on the Deaf Community and Deaf Education.
  • Students will be able to correctly use and comprehend numbers to one million in relation to money and numbers used with complex time (calendar) concepts.
  • Students will be able to demonstrate correct use of ASL classifiers at the intermediate level.
  • Students will be able to demonstrate understanding of more complex ASL literature.
  • Students will be able to demonstrate advanced use of ASL directional verbs using temporal and distributional aspects of ASL in conversation.
  • Students will be able to demonstrate comprehension of information that is presented using complex grammatical features and higher level vocabulary.



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